TALKTALK UPDATE 1

Reports on Down Detector have all but vanished bar small isolated problems.

TalkTalk's Service Dashboard has also updated the status for the broadband, which has now changed from a "major service outage" to "no issues to report".

Speaking to Daily Star Online, a TalkTalk representative said: “Technical issues led to some customers experiencing disruption to their service for a limited period this afternoon.

"Our engineers resolved this quickly and all services are now restored. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

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ORIGINAL STORY - TalkTalk customers have been hit by a major outage this afternoon which has left hundreds unable to get online with their broadband

It's currently unclear what's causing the issue, and Talk Talk has recently issued a statement on their status service page:

"We're aware that some customers are having intermittent browsing issues. We have our engineers investigating this as a matter of priority. We apologise for any inconvenience whilst we investigate the cause of this."

Independent website, Down Detector, is showing that most of England is suffering from the network outage, with London, Nottingham, Manchester and Sheffield are among the main areas affected by the broadband problems.

However, the official TalkTalk status webpage says these network problems are “localised issues”.

And as you might imagine, TalkTalk customers have flooded social networking site Twitter to report issues with the firm's services.

One customer tweeted: "#talktalk internet appears to be down across the uk. not great when you depend upon it for work".

While another posted: "@talktalk not intermittent, not working at all."

And one added: "@talktalk my internet has completely stopped working, turned the router on and off twice no red light, i'm running out of 4G!"